1237 Psalms 31
but especially among my neighbors,
and a fear to mine acquaintance :
they that did see me without fled from me.
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind :
I am like a broken vessel.
For I have heard the slander of many :
fear was on every side :
while they took counsel together against me,
they devised to take away my life.
But I trusted in thee, O Lord :
I said, Thou art my God.
My times are in thy hand :
deliver me from the hand of mine enemies,
and from them that persecute me.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant :
save me for thy mercies’ sake.
Let me not be ashamed, O Lord ;
for I have called upon thee :
let the wicked be ashamed,
and let them be silent in the grave.
Let the lying lips be put to silence ;
which speak grievous things
proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Oh how great is thy goodness,
which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee ;
which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee
before the sons of men!
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence
from the pride of man :
thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion
from the strife of tongues.
Blessed be the Lord :
for he hath showed me his marvelous kindness in a strong city.
For I said in my haste,
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